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Austin Webb is assisted by a clever woman, who handles comedy and dramatics with equal ease and a comedian who adds to the joy of the playlet. A cabin in the mountains is the habitat of a club man from New York who desires to forget Broadway. An English valet accompanies him to the mountains, and between poison ivy and flies their ideal existence is marred. The valet is instructed to shoot two squirrels for dinner and exits as a simple little country maiden makes her appearance. Her story is her big desire to go to New York and see the things the clubman ran away from. A spring in which two bottles of champagne are resting brings forth the information that the girl has read about it, but never tested anything stronger than buttermilk. The dialog between the couple is interesting and abounds with laughs. The line that "the Winter Garden is a home for country girls" received much applause. The girl wants him to return to New York and she will accompany him and keep house for him, but he discovers a wedding ring on her fingers, which she claims belongs to her sister. After examining the ring he finds she is the wife of one of his employees and, with the aid of a photograph he is carrying, he tells her about his former sweetheart, who was a "S.T.V.," or a "small town vamp." He presses a $20 bill into her hand and tells her to return to her hubby and make any excuse she sees fit for having the money. She replies that she is surprised at the amount, as all her other male friends from New York always gave her $50. For several seasons Mr. Webb has devoted his time to the picture camera, but returning, he has a real comedy playlet, now ready for the big time.
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Variety, 53:8 (01/24/1919)